Albrecht Mayer
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Oboist
An oboist is a musician who plays the oboe or any oboe family instrument, including the cor anglais, oboe d'amore, shawm and oboe musette....
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Biography
Mayer sang as a child in the Cathedral Choir in BambergBamberg
Bamberg is a city in Bavaria, Germany. It is located in Upper Franconia on the river Regnitz, close to its confluence with the river Main. Bamberg is one of the few cities in Germany that was not destroyed by World War II bombings because of a nearby Artillery Factory that prevented planes from...
. He was a student of Gerhard Scheuer, Georg Meerwein, Maurice Bourgue and Ingo Goritzki
Ingo Goritzki
Ingo Goritzki is a German oboist, pianist, and flautist. He began his flute and piano studies in Freiburg, and switched to oboe as his primary instrument at age 20.-Career:...
, and began his professional career as principal oboist for the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra in 1990. He joined the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
The Berlin Philharmonic, German: , formerly Berliner Philharmonisches Orchester , is an orchestra based in Berlin, Germany. In 2006, a group of ten European media outlets voted the Berlin Philharmonic number three on a list of "top ten European Orchestras", after the Vienna Philharmonic and the...
as principal oboist in 1992, and has been principal oboist there since, together with Jonathan Kelly.
Mayer used to play a Green Line Oboe by the French company Buffet Crampon, but in 2009 switched to a line of instruments (Oboe, Oboe d'amore, English Horn) named after him by the German instrument maker Gebr. Mönnig.
Albrecht Mayer joins the Berliner Philharmonisches Bläserensemble and the Berlin Philharmonic Winds Soloists ensemble, amongst other chamber music
Chamber music
Chamber music is a form of classical music, written for a small group of instruments which traditionally could be accommodated in a palace chamber. Most broadly, it includes any art music that is performed by a small number of performers with one performer to a part...
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Musical ensemble
A musical ensemble is a group of people who perform instrumental or vocal music. In classical music, trios or quartets either blend the sounds of musical instrument families or group together instruments from the same instrument family, such as string ensembles or wind ensembles...
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As soloist
- Bonjour Paris - Works by Fauré, D'Indy, Françaix, Hahn and Satie. Decca. (2010)
- Albrecht Mayer in Venice (In Venedig) - Works by Marcello, Vivaldi and Albinoni. Decca. (2009)
- New Seasons - transcriptions of music by HändelHANDELHANDEL was the code-name for the UK's National Attack Warning System in the Cold War. It consisted of a small console consisting of two microphones, lights and gauges. The reason behind this was to provide a back-up if anything failed....
for oboe and orchestra played by Mayer with the Sinfonia Varsovia (Deutsche Grammophon 4760472) - Lieder ohne Worte (Songs Without Words) - transcriptions of music by J.S. Bach for oboe and orchestra with Mayer on the oboe, Nigel KennedyNigel KennedyNigel Kennedy is a British born violinist and violist. He made his early career in the classical field, and he has performed and recorded most of the major violin concerti...
on violin and the Sinfonia Varsovia (Deutsche Grammophon 4760472) - Auf Mozarts Spuren (In search of Mozart) August 2004, with Claudio AbbadoClaudio AbbadoClaudio Abbado, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI , is an Italian conductor. He has served as music director of the La Scala opera house in Milan, principal conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra, principal guest conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, music director of the Vienna State Opera,...
and the Sinfonia Varsovia (Deutsche Grammophon 6231046) - Music for Oboe, Oboe d'amore, Cor anglais, and Piano - chamber music from the 19th century, with Markus Becker on piano (EMI Classics 5731672)
- J.S. Bach's Double concerto for oboe and violin with Mayer on oboe and Nigel Kennedy on violin with the Berlin Philharmonic (EMI Classics 5570162)